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Channel Post MEA
5 days ago
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
SambaNova Launches AI Inference Solution For Datacenters
SambaNova has announced SambaManaged, the industry's first inference-optimized datacenter product offering, deployable in just 90 days — dramatically faster than the typical 18 to 24 months. Designed for rapid deployment, this modular product enables existing datacenters to immediately stand up AI inference services with minimal infrastructure modification. As global AI inference demands soar, traditional datacenters grapple with lengthy deployment timelines of 18–24 months, extensive power requirements, and costly facility upgrades. SambaManaged addresses these critical barriers, enabling organizations to quickly launch profitable AI inference services leveraging existing power and network infrastructure. 'Data centers are struggling with power, cooling, and expertise challenges as AI demand grows,' said Abhi Ingle, Chief Product and Strategy Officer at SambaNova. 'SambaManaged delivers high-performance AI with just 10kW of air-cooled power and minimal infrastructure changes—making rapid deployment simple for any data center.' Key Advantages for Data Centers and Cloud Providers: Unmatched Efficiency: Sets a new industry benchmark for performance per watt, maximizing return on investment and reducing total cost of ownership. Sets a new industry benchmark for performance per watt, maximizing return on investment and reducing total cost of ownership. Rapid Deployment: Launch a fully managed AI inference service in as little as 90 days, minimizing integration challenges and accelerating time to value. Launch a fully managed AI inference service in as little as 90 days, minimizing integration challenges and accelerating time to value. Open Model Flexibility: Achieve lightning-fast inference with leading open-source models, ensuring no vendor lock-in and future-proof operations. Achieve lightning-fast inference with leading open-source models, ensuring no vendor lock-in and future-proof operations. Modular, Scalable Design: Scale from small to large deployments with ease, including the capability to build a 1 MW 'Token Factory' (100 racks or 1,600 chips) or larger that scales with evolving business needs. Scale from small to large deployments with ease, including the capability to build a 1 MW 'Token Factory' (100 racks or 1,600 chips) or larger that scales with evolving business needs. Managed or Self-Service Options: Choose a fully managed service or take over operations as internal expertise grows, supported by a customizable developer/enterprise UI and flexible pricing models. SambaManaged is already being adopted by a major US public company with a large power footprint. The platform will deliver the highest throughput on DeepSeek and similar models, empowering them to maximize inference revenue while optimizing Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). 'While others talk about the future of AI, we're delivering it — today,' said Rodrigo Liang, CEO and co-founder of SambaNova. 'SambaManaged is a game-changer for organizations that want to accelerate their AI initiatives without compromising on speed, scale, or efficiency. Anywhere you have power and networking, we can bring your AI infrastructure online in record time.'
Business Wire
5 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
SambaNova Launches First Turnkey AI Inference Solution for Data Centers, Deployable in 90 Days
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SambaNova, a leader in next-generation AI infrastructure, today announced SambaManaged, the industry's first inference-optimized data center product offering, deployable in just 90 days — dramatically faster than the typical 18 to 24 months. Designed for rapid deployment, this modular product enables existing data centers to immediately stand up AI inference services with minimal infrastructure modification. "SambaManaged is a game-changer for organizations that want to accelerate their AI initiatives without compromising on speed, scale or efficiency. Anywhere you have power and networking, we can bring your AI infrastructure online in record time.' Share As global AI inference demands soar, traditional data centers grapple with lengthy deployment timelines of 18–24 months, extensive power requirements, and costly facility upgrades. SambaManaged addresses these critical barriers, enabling organizations to quickly launch profitable AI inference services leveraging existing power and network infrastructure. 'Data centers are struggling with power, cooling, and expertise challenges as AI demand grows,' said Abhi Ingle, Chief Product and Strategy Officer at SambaNova. 'SambaManaged delivers high-performance AI with just 10kW of air-cooled power and minimal infrastructure changes — making rapid deployment simple for any data center.' Key Advantages for Data Centers and Cloud Providers: Unmatched Efficiency: Sets a new industry benchmark for performance per watt, maximizing return on investment and reducing total cost of ownership. Rapid Deployment: Launch a fully managed AI inference service in as little as 90 days, minimizing integration challenges and accelerating time to value. Open Model Flexibility: Achieve lightning-fast inference with leading open-source models, ensuring no vendor lock-in and future-proof operations. Modular, Scalable Design: Scale from small to large deployments with ease, including the capability to build a 1 MW 'Token Factory' (100 racks or 1,600 chips) or larger that scales with evolving business needs. Managed or Self-Service Options: Choose a fully managed service or take over operations as internal expertise grows, supported by a customizable developer/enterprise UI and flexible pricing models. SambaManaged is already being adopted by a major US public company with a large power footprint. The platform will deliver the highest throughput on DeepSeek and similar models, empowering them to maximize inference revenue while optimizing Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). 'While others talk about the future of AI, we're delivering it — today,' said Rodrigo Liang, CEO and co-founder of SambaNova. 'SambaManaged is a game-changer for organizations that want to accelerate their AI initiatives without compromising on speed, scale, or efficiency. Anywhere you have power and networking, we can bring your AI infrastructure online in record time.' About SambaNova SambaNova enables enterprises to rapidly deploy state-of-the-art generative AI capabilities. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, SambaNova was founded in 2017 by industry veterans from Sun/Oracle and Stanford University. The company is backed by top-tier investors including SoftBank Vision Fund 2, BlackRock, Intel Capital, GV, Walden International, Temasek, GIC, Redline Capital, Atlantic Bridge Ventures, and Celesta. For more information, visit or contact info@ Follow SambaNova Systems on LinkedIn and on X.
Bloomberg
10-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe 06/10/2025
Bloomberg Daybreak Europe is your essential morning viewing to stay ahead. Live from London, we set the agenda for your day, catching you up with overnight markets news from the US and Asia. And we'll tell you what matters for investors in Europe, giving you insight before trading begins. Today's guests: Sunaina Sinha Haldea, Global Head of Private Capital Advisory at Raymond James & Rodrigo Liang, Co-founder and CEO of SambaNova Systems. (Source: Bloomberg)
Channel Post MEA
30-05-2025
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
SambaNova Launches Its AI Platform in AWS Marketplace
SambaNova has announced that its AI platform is now available in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog that helps you find, buy, deploy, and manage software, data products, and professional services from thousands of vendors. This availability allows organizations to seamlessly purchase and deploy SambaNova's fast inference services alongside their existing infrastructure in AWS. This new availability marks a significant milestone in SambaNova's mission to make private, production-grade AI more accessible to enterprises, removing traditional barriers like vendor onboarding and procurement delays. By leveraging existing AWS relationships, organizations can now begin using SambaNova's advanced inference solutions with a few simple clicks — accelerating time to value while maintaining trusted billing and infrastructure practices. 'Enterprises face significant pressure to move rapidly from AI experimentation to full-scale production, yet procurement and integration challenges often stand in the way,' said Rodrigo Liang, CEO and co-founder of SambaNova. 'By offering SambaNova's platform in AWS Marketplace, we remove those obstacles, enabling organizations to access our industry leading inference solutions instantly, using the procurement processes and a cloud environment they already trust.' Accelerating Access to High-Performance Inference SambaNova's listing in AWS Marketplace gives customers the ability to: Procure through existing AWS billing arrangements — no new vendor setup required. Leverage SambaNova's inference performance — fast and efficiently, running open source models like Llama 4 Maverick and DeepSeek R1 671B. Engage securely via private connectivity — possible through AWS PrivateLink for low-latency, secure integration between AWS workloads and SambaNova Cloud. 'With the SambaNova platform running in AWS Marketplace, organizations gain access to secure, high-speed inference from the largest open-source models. Solutions like this will help businesses move from experimentation to full production with AI,' said Michele Rosen, Research Manager, Open GenAI, LLMs, and the Evolving Open Source, IDC. This tight integration enables customers to deploy high-performance, multi-tenant inference solutions without the need to purchase or manage custom hardware — expanding SambaNova's reach into enterprise environments where time-to-value and IT friction have historically limited adoption. Making High-Performance Inference More Accessible With this listing in AWS Marketplace, SambaNova is meeting enterprise customers where they already are — within their trusted cloud environments and procurement frameworks. By removing onboarding friction and offering seamless integration, SambaNova makes it easier than ever for organizations to evaluate, deploy, and scale high-performance inference solutions. 'This makes it dramatically easier for customers to start using SambaNova — no new contracts, no long onboarding — just click and go,' said Liang. 0 0
Zawya
30-05-2025
- Business
- Zawya
SambaNova launches its AI Platform in AWS Marketplace
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — SambaNova, the AI inference company delivering fast, efficient AI chips and high-performance models, today announced that its AI platform is now available in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog that helps you find, buy, deploy, and manage software, data products, and professional services from thousands of vendors. This availability allows organizations to seamlessly purchase and deploy SambaNova's fast inference services alongside their existing infrastructure in AWS. This new availability marks a significant milestone in SambaNova's mission to make private, production-grade AI more accessible to enterprises, removing traditional barriers like vendor onboarding and procurement delays. By leveraging existing AWS relationships, organizations can now begin using SambaNova's advanced inference solutions with a few simple clicks —accelerating time to value while maintaining trusted billing and infrastructure practices. 'Enterprises face significant pressure to move rapidly from Ai experimentation to full-scale production, yet procurement and integration challenges often stand in the way,' said Rodrigo Liang, CEO and co-founder of SambaNova. 'By offering SambaNova's platform in AWS Marketplace, we remove those obstacles, enabling organizations to access our industry leading inference solutions instantly, using the procurement processes and cloud environment they already trust. Accelerating Access to High-Performance Inference SambaNova's listing in AWS Marketplace gives customers the ability to: Procure through existing AWS billing arrangements — no new vendor setup required. Leverage SambaNova's inference performance — fast and efficiently, running open source models like Llama 4 Maverick and DeepSeek R1 671B. Engage securely via private connectivity — possible through AWS PrivateLink for low-latency, secure integration between AWS workloads and SambaNova Cloud. 'With the SambaNova platform running in AWS Marketplace, organizations gain access to secure, high-speed inference from the largest open-source models. Solutions like this will help businesses move from experimentation to full production with AI,' said Michele Rosen Research Manager, Open GenAI, LLMs, and the Evolving Open Source, IDC. This tight integration enables customers to deploy high-performance, multi-tenant inference solutions without the need to purchase or manage custom hardware—expanding SambaNova's reach into enterprise environments where time-to-value and IT friction have historically limited adoption. Making High-Performance Inference More Accessible With this listing in AWS Marketplace, SambaNova is meeting enterprise customers where they already are—within their trusted cloud environments and procurement frameworks. By removing onboarding friction and offering seamless integration, SambaNova makes it easier than ever for organizations to evaluate, deploy, and scale high-performance inference solutions. 'This makes it dramatically easier for customers to start using SambaNova—no new contracts, no long onboarding — just click and go,' said Liang. Availability SambaNova's inference platform is available immediately in AWS Marketplace. Enterprise customers can visit the SambaNova listing in AWS Marketplace to get started. About SambaNova Customers turn to SambaNova to quickly deploy state-of-the-art generative AI capabilities within the enterprise. Our purpose-built enterprise-scale AI platform is the technology backbone for the next generation of AI computing. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, SambaNova Systems was founded in 2017 by industry luminaries, and hardware and software design experts from Sun/Oracle and Stanford University. Investors include SoftBank Vision Fund 2, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Intel Capital, GV, Walden International, Temasek, GIC, Redline Capital, Atlantic Bridge Ventures, Celesta, and several others.
